Wall mount



Sept., 15, 1964 G. E. NICHOLS WALL MOUNT Filed Aug. 17, 1962 LLIQJ INVENTOR. 60710/5117 5f/a MQ/x YM United States Patent O 3,148,777 WALL MOUNT Gordon E. Nichols, Middlehoro, Mass., assgnor to Winthrop-Atkins Co., Inc., Middleboro, Mass., a corporation of Massachusetts Filed Aug. 17, 1962, Ser. No. 217,578 6 Claims. (Cl. 2111-69) This invention relates to wall mounts and has for its principal objects to provide a mount which may be suspended from a wall support and, in turn, provide support for a calendar and writing materials, such as pencils, pens and memorandum pads; to provide a mount which is eX- tremely simple to manufacture;is economical of material; requires no assembling operations except for attachment of the calendar thereto preparatory to distribution; is distributed at; and may be made ready for hanging from a wall support by the simple expedient of folding.

As illustrated, the mount comprises opposed side parts of sheet material joined along one edge, and an end part disposed between the opposite edges of the side parts holding them spread apart to form a wedge-shaped 'pocket having front and back walls which meet at an acute dihedral angle, and are resiliently resistant to deformation. The end part contains one or more openings affording access t-o the pocket through which items of writing material may be inserted into the pocket to be frictionally engaged with the Walls adjacent the dihedral angle, is hinged at one edge to the front wall and has a flange hinged to its opposite edge which extends downwardly in abutting engagement with the inner side of the back wall, and there is means at the junction of the hinge with the end wall and at the upper edge of the back wall operative to hold the end wall aligned with 'the upper edge of the back wall.

The aforesaid means comprise tabs extending upwardly n from the ange and the upper edge of the back Wall containing openings which, when brought into registration, align the hinge at the junction of the end wall and the ange with the upper edge of the back wall, and provide means for hanging the mount from a wall support. The joined edges of the front and back walls, at the `bottom of the pocket, provide means for securing a calendar to the bottom for suspension therefrom. The tab at the junction of the end wall with the llange is cut out of the end wall and provides an opening therein affording additional access to the pocket.

The invention will now be described in greater detail with reference to the accompanying drawings wherein:

FIG. 1 is a front elevation of the wall mount, showing a calendar suspended therefrom and one or more writing implements supported therein;

FIG. 2 is a section taken on the line 2-2 of FIG. 1, showing a Writing implement inserted in the pocket;

FIG. 3 is a plan View of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is an end view of the mount with its parts disposed in parallel planes; and

FIG. 5 is a plan view of the blank.

Referring to the drawings, the Wall mount comprises a pocket-like support 12 provided with a suspension tab 14 by means of which it may be suspended from a Wall support such as a hook, nail or the like, and has attached to its lower edge a calendar 16. The pocket provides means for holding writing materials.

The pocket 12 is comprised of two side parts 18 and 20 of sheet material such as paper board, disposed opposite each other with their lower edges joined. The parts 18 and 20, which constitute the front and back Walls of the mount, are held spread apart by an end wall 22 connected at one edge to the front wall 18 by a hinge 24 and supported at its opposite edge in abutting engagement with the back wall 20 by a ange 26 hinged thereto at 28 and 3,148,777 liateintecl Sept. 15, 1964 extending downwardly therefrom in engagement with the inner side of the back wall 20. A pair of tabs 30 and 32 integral with the flange 26 and the back Wall 20 containing holes 34 and 36, provide when moved into registration a suspension tab 14, and are operative when so aligned to hold the liange 26 against the backwall with the end wall substantially atthe level of the upper edge of the back Wall. l l

Access to the pocket is afforded through one or more openings 38 and 41B in the end wall of circular and/ or rectangular shape for admitting a pencil or memorandum pad to the pocket. A rectangular opening 40 may conveniently be formed in the end wall when forming the tab 30 during the die-forming operation.

The mount is comprised of a stiff, resilient sheet material, such as paperboard which resists deflection; hence, when an item thrust into the pocket springs the walls away from each other, the latter grips the item so as to hold it in place. This gripping action may be enhanced by stapling the lower edges of the walls adjacent the fold connecting them. .These Vsame staples may be employed to attach the calendar to the lower edge of the pocket.

The mount is distributed flat, as shown in FIG. 4,

with the front wall 18 and end wall 22 in one plane, the flange 26 and tab 30 in a second plane, and the back wall 20 and tab 32 in a third plane. In order to set the mount up for use, the end wall 22 is folded on the hinge 24, the flange 26 is folded on the hinge 28, the back wall 20 is bent rearwardly from the front wall 1S and the flange 26 tucked downwardly between the front and back walls so as to bring the tabs 30 and 32 into registration. This completes the setting up operation so that the mount may be suspended from a Wall support such as a hook or nail driven into the wall. Optionally, the flange Z6 and tab 30 may be disposed behind the back wall.

The blank for making the mount is shown in FIG. 5 and is of a construction such that it 'may be cut from strip material fed to a die-cutting press with a minimum of waste. As illustrated, the back wall 20, front wall 18, end wall 22, flange 26 and tabs 30 and 32 are integral parts of a single blank scored and punched to provide the hinges 24, 23 and the score line 42 and to provide the openings 34, 36, 38 and 40.

The blank may be of covered or uncovered board. After folding on the score line 42, the calendar 16 may be attached to the lower edge of the pocket by means of staples 44 which serve also to stiifen the lower edge of the pocket so that the walls 18 and 20, when spread apart by interposition of an item between them, elastically resist spreading action and hence tend to grip the lower end of the item thrust into the pocket.

It should be understood that the present disclosure is for the purpose of illustration only and that this invention includes all modifications and `equivalents which fall within the scope of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A Wali mount comprising opposed side parts of sheet material joined along one edge, an end part disposed transversely of the opposite edges of the side parts to form a wedge-shaped pocket, the side walls of which are resiliently resistant to displacement, said end wall containing one or more openings affording access to the pocket, a hinge connecting one edge of the end part to one of the side parts, a flange hinged to the opposite edge of the end part engaged with the other side part, and a pair of tabs, one at the junction of the end part with the flange and the other at the upper edge of the other side part operative to hold the end part at the level of the upper edge of the other side part, and to suspend the mount from a wall support, and said joined edges at the bottom of the pocket providing means for supporting a calendar in suspension from the bottom of the pocket.

V2. A wall mount according to claim 1, wherein said tabs contain openings aligned when the end part is at the level of the upper edge of said other side part to provide means for suspending the mount from a Wall support.

3. A wall mount according to claim 1, wherein the tab at said junction is cut out of the end part and provides an opening in said end part aording access to the pocket.

4. A Wall mount comprising opposed front and back walls of sheet material connected along one edge, an end wall situated between the opposite edges of the front and back Walls holding them spread apart to form a wedgeshaped pocket, the walls of which meet in an acute dihedral angle at the bottom of the'pocket and are resiliently resistant to displacement away from each other, said end wall containing openings affording access to the pocket, a hinge connecting one edge of the end wall to the front wall, a ange hinged to the opposite edge of the end wall extending downwardly therefrom in engagement with the inner side of the back wall, a first tab extending upwardly from the back wall, and a second tab extending upwardly from the tlange parallel to the rst tab, said tabs being operative, by alignment, to hold the end wall at a level with the upper edge of the back wall, and containing registering openings by means of which the mount may be suspended from a wall support, and said connected edges of the front and back walls at the bottom of the pocket providing support for attaching a calendar thereto for suspension below the pocket.

5 A wall mount according to claim 4, wherein the lower edges of the front and back walls are integrally connected.

6. A wall mount according to claim 4, wherein the lower edges of the front and back walls are integrally connected and joined adjacent the fold therebetween by one or more staples.`

References Cited in the le of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,135,174 Gibbs Apr. 13, 1915 1,386,700 Gilbert Aug. 9, 1921' 2,366,457 Pinkhan Jan. 2, 1945 2,421,850 Ringler June 10, 1947 2,593,042 Lynskey Apr. 15, 1952 

1. A WALL MOUNT COMPRISING OPPOSED SIDE PARTS OF SHEET MATERIAL JOINED ALONG ONE EDGE, AN END PART DISPOSED TRANSVERSELY OF THE OPPOSITE EDGES OF THE SIDE PARTS TO FORM A WEDGE-SHAPED POCKET, THE SIDE WALLS OF WHICH ARE RESILIENTLY RESISTANT TO DISPLACEMENT, SAID END WALL CONTAINING ONE OR MORE OPENINGS AFFORDING ACCESS TO THE POCKET, A HINGE CONNECTING ONE EDGE OF THE END PART TO ONE OF THE SIDE PARTS, A FLANGE HINGED TO THE OPPOSITE EDGE OF THE END PART ENGAGED WITH THE OTHER SIDE PART, AND A PAIR OF TABS, ONE AT THE JUNCTION OF THE END PART WITH THE FLANGE AND THE OTHER AT THE UPPER EDGE OF THE OTHER SIDE PART OPERATIVE TO HOLD THE END PART AT THE LEVEL OF THE UPPER EDGE OF THE OTHER SIDE PART, AND TO SUSPEND THE MOUNT FROM A WALL SUPPORT, AND SAID JOINED EDGES AT THE BOTTOM OF THE POCKET PROVIDING MEANS FOR SUPPORTING A CALENDAR IN SUSPENSION FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE POCKET. 